Popular Kenyan comedian Eric Omondi has hit back at Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Ezekiel Mutua over his recent comments targeted towards him.
The KFCB boss talked about the ongoing 2021 World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally, pointing out that the hype around it is based on it being a hub for ‘impunity’.
Mutua was addressing the media, adding that Kenyans are using the Rally as a ‘venue of absurdity and immorality’ instead of selling their culture.
He mentioned Eric Omondi as he said, “In 50 years, hakuna mtu atajua Eric Omondi alikuwa msanii wa kusikika. Naomba wakati huo atakuwa anajivunia vitu alikuwa anafanya wakati huo.”
However, the comedian was not amused by the statement as he took to social media to express his sentiments.
“Lakini Jokes aside ni nini niliwai fanyia huyu mzee honestly. This statement is very archaic. The work of a Creative or any Serious Comedian like myself is to simply Mirror the society, I reflect our behaviour as a people so that we not only laugh at ourselves but pick a lesson or two. Bwana Ezekiel please wake up these things are happening in our Society and we need to ask ourselves why? Recently you strongly defended a politician who was caught in a similar situation but today you Strongly Condemn a Comedian for Joking about the same,” Eric wrote.
According to him, Mutua is like a parent who encourages bad behaviour.
The comedian continued, “You are like a Parent who finds his children sweeping the house and asks them to keep the dirt and garbage under the Carpets instead of taking the trash outside. Hiyo nyumba bado itanuka tu. I challenge you Sir to stop making these statements from the Comfort of your office in Nairobi and come down to Naivasha and experience and Witness the beauty that is Safari Rally. Anyway mimi ntakua Kazini pale Barons Sports Club Delamere Naivasha nikichekesha Wakenya Pamoja na Mejja na DJ Joe Mfalme. Tupatane huko. Daktari you Invited."
The two have been constantly at loggerheads for a while over Eric's content and initiatives with the comedian at one point getting arrested over explicit content.
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